As drought scavenges Turkana, children are going hungrySchool-going girls queue for water at Kelemung’orok in Turkana South in a file photo. The County education quality and standard assurance officer Mr. Kavai Kisia, said schools were badly affected by the dry spell. Akoyo said the drought situation had affected school attendance with girls mostly affected. She claimed that there has been cases of pupils reported collapsing in class because of going for days without food. Stephen Edukon, the MCA for Turkwell urged concerned authorities and humanitarian bodies to act with speed to mitigate the drought situation in the region.

Source: Standard Digital February 25, 2019 15:00 UTC